Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.24% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	66.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '20 at 01:45
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 92 1-Core 68.7 2-Core 133 61% 97.9 Pts	4-Core 225 8-Core 302 33% 263 Pts	64-Core 293 18% 293 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 841E) 2GB CLim: 1222 MHz, MLim: 1507 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 451.48 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	8.24% Terrible	Lighting 0.2 Reflection 0.27 Parallax 0.25 0% 0.24 fps	MRender 19.3 Gravity 40.1 Splatting 27.9 24% 29.1 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 8.24% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 275 250 274 290 296 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 338 Write 321 Mixed 226 SusWrite 278 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 21.7 92% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 153 125% 178 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 97%
WD WD15EVDS-73V9B1 1.5TB 2,082 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 606GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 72 77 78 78 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 78.5 Write 76.3 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 75.8 53% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 54%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 135GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 149 145 154 155 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 118 Write 86.3 Mixed 71 SusWrite 151 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 14,232 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 491GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 28 30 31 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 31.8 Write 31.5 Mixed 20 SusWrite 30.1 38% 28.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 1,198 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	47.7% Average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 16.7 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 12 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 53%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	939x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	853x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	279x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	157x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	109x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	148x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	61x

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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16